"It's about time..." Daniel said as they finally reached the woods which housed the O'Neill cabin.

Vala looked out the window as she sighed inwardly. She was so worried about her son and Grace. Suddenly, she saw smoke rising from the nearby woods.

"Daniel..." Vala said, worriedly.

"What?" He asked, looking at his wife.

She pointed at the smoke that rose to the sky only a mile or two away.

He raised his eyebrows worriedly. "Isn't that about where Jack's cabin is?"

Wordlessly, Teal'c pulled over and got out, realizing that they would be safer if he got out and ran as opposed to gunning it and potentially getting into an accident.

Daniel and Vala followed the Jaffa at a considerably slower pace.

The orange and yellow flames were the first things he was able to see; the cabin's roof was on fire.

Still, Teal'c saw the red Corvette and an unfamiliar car.

"Grace O'Neill!" Teal'c called instantly. "Nicholas Jackson!"

"Nicholas!" Vala yelled, anxiously.

"Grace!" Daniel cried, loudly.

They received no response.

"They're here!" Daniel called. "They've got to be here!"

Teal'c nodded as he prepared to enter the burning cabin. With little effort, he broke down the door.

Instantly, he saw Nick's limp body lying on the floor there in the living room. Within a moment, he'd picked him up. He hurried to the open door when a falling beam blocked their escape.

With stinging eyes and a cough, he looked around the room. There, he saw the door to the pond. He looked up above the door. He had one shot to get out.

"GRACE O'NEILL!" He called.

Again, there was no answer.

Teal'c hesitated for a moment before he rushed to the door and broke it down. As they escaped to fresh air, the entire roof collapsed in on the house.

"NO!" Teal'c cried, turning around to see the destruction as the fire department finally arrived. Just a few more moments, he mourned, and he would have been able to return to look for and save Grace O'Neill.

-

The fire had been put out within the hour, and Daniel sighed as he looked over at Teal'c. "Thanks..." He finally managed.

Teal'c looked back to where Vala was watching as the paramedics cared for the unconscious and burned form of her son. "You are welcome, Daniel Jackson."

His tone was somewhat melancholy as he thought of Grace.

"Teal'c, you couldn't have done anything more than you did." Daniel whispered, hollowly.

Teal'c was silent.

"And...if she didn't make it out..." He began somewhat slowly. "Well...she's probably with her parents as we speak..."

Teal'c was again silent.

"I'm going to see if I can help the authorities search the forest for her..." Daniel said, after a moment.

"We have already surveyed the area, Daniel Jackson. I do not believe she is out here."

Daniel sighed. "We've got to do something, right?"

Teal'c raised an eyebrow before he nodded.

Daniel approached his wife. "Teal'c and I are going to join the search – see if Grace managed to get out of the cabin..."

Vala nodded somewhat numbly. "All right."

"I've got my phone." He said, seriously. "Call me if something changes with Nick."

She nodded. "I will."

He bit his lip as he looked back at the house. "And...call me if they find..."

"I will." She interrupted before he could say anything else.

He nodded, soberly, before he gently kissed her, and turned back to his friend. "Let's go, Teal'c. We've got a job to do."